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Bezig met laden... The ugly one : the childhood memoirs of Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, 1913-1939 (1998)door Hermione Ranfurly, Countess of Ranfurly
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Lady Hermione Ranfurly recounts, with charm and humour, her early life between the wars, a life of great privilege but also of great private tragedy. This is a story of an extremely courageous woman, told with bare honesty and wicked wit. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Born in 1913 Hermione is brought up at a time of great change especially for people of her class. This charming memoir charts her family's change in fortunes as they move from place to place. The children (Owen, Hermione, Cynthia and Daphne) have a wonderful nannie, Nannie Kate, a menagerie of animals, and to begin with a life of wonderful freedoms and privilege. Through the child Hermione's eyes ( although written many years later when in her old age) and with great wit and honesty, we witness the changes in the fortunes of this aristocratic family, the descent into mental illness of her mother, and the continual financial worries that her father brought upon them. This memoir takes us to 1939 the year Hermione marries Dan Ranfurly - but already you have a picture of a woman of enormous adaptability, who comes across also as just very likeable. ( )